On some real shyt...I was happier when I was broke.

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

4 years ago I was making $11 an hour working as a line cook...I wasn't even grossing 30k a year. I had a busted ass one bedroom apartment, a broke down 1997 Pontiac Sunfire convertible and nothing in my savings account. I couldn't afford health insurance, car insurance...I used to make $50 worth of groceries last a whole month. I'd take my daughter to McDonald's after school and buy her a happy meal and couldn't afford nothing for myself.


But guess what....


I LOVED living. I still worked out, still was passionate about being active. The little things still excited me...like hitting up downtown on a Friday night, watching a good movie or copping the new 2k. I'd pick up my daughter from school and drop the top on that old ass Sunfire and you couldn't tell me nothing...



Money doesn't mean shyt if you've lost who YOU are. When you lose that spark...that spirit of enthusiasm...no amount of wealth or professional success can get you right.



Just some lil' musings on a Sunday night.

 

[Rozay Oro]

Money doesn't mean shyt if you've lost who YOU are. When you lose that spark...that spirit of enthusiasm...no amount of wealth or professional success can get you right.

Damn what happened exactly? What do u do now for a living that you got big paper?

 

[Paper Boi]

you can be broke again

cashapp me whatever you make over $30k a year now















I can help you LOVE living again in just a few easy taps

 

[SAINT]

I’m not a baller by any means, but some days are better than others. I be buying shyt, but it don’t even mean much. Sometimes I wish I was like alot of my peers and was working retail or some shyt. I don’t even feel like myself sometimes. Think I’m losing myself, but don’t know how to get it back without feeling like I’m regressing

 

[Stir Fry]

@Crude Abolitionist

 

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

Damn what happened exactly? What do u do now for a living that you got big paper?

I stopped bullshytting and got serious about having a career. When I tell you how much your financial situation can change in just a few years if you get on your grind...I'm a living witness.


I'm learning now that money doesn't matter nearly as much as I thought it did.


Money can fix external things...but it can't make YOU happy.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Tbh life stopped being fun once I crossed the 500k a year mark.

 

[ORDER_66]

Being broke is fine because you appreciate the little things but having money is way better than being broke ..

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Sounds like you were happy being functionally broke.
And now that you gotta put mental work you unhappy, I’m just shooting guesses but is that possible?

also how did you live on $50 groceries a month?

 

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

I’m not a baller by any means, but some days are better than others. I be buying shyt, but it don’t even mean much. Sometimes I wish I was like alot of my peers and was working retail or some shyt. I don’t even feel like myself sometimes. Think I’m losing myself, but don’t know how to get it back without feeling like I’m regressing

I've completely lost who I am breh. I see young dudes working at Walmart with that genuine energy and enthusiasm for living and I'm envious...because that used to be me.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Being broke is a miserable blessing. You hate what it does to you but it makes you appreciate the little things in life. As my living conditionings are not as good as they were a year ago, I realize that family is essential, support is a blessing, and to not take things for granted.

Looking at broke moments from the past and even now, you realize that we truly live off of materialistic things, and not the things we really need.

I had a desktop with a 2070 and dual monitors, but ended up with desiring a laptop which is all I need.

I had a record collection that I realize was worthless the moment digital became a big thing for me.

All of the good times of having money, nothing beat simple moments of ramen dishes, park visits, little things, big dreams, and the realization that money doesn't bring happiness but it damn sure is helpful to get the knee off your chest called life.

 

[Ghetto Denizen]

Being broke was one of the most miserable times of my life

I had a bum ass warehouse job only getting part time hours a week, NIGHT SHIFT at that

Had to do odd jobs on the side, sitting in the hot ass Summer sun changing nikkas brakes and etc

Worse was when I was at the grocery store and had a handful of food and was worried my shyt would decline for insufficient funds

I couldn't even afford to eat in the fattest country in the world

Would never want to go back to that shyt

 

[Zero]

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Change careers. It doesn’t seem like it’s the money making you unhappy. I’m way happier now than I was broke… it’s not even up for debate.

 

[SAINT]

I've completely lost who I am breh. I see young dudes working at Walmart with that genuine energy and enthusiasm for living and I'm envious...because that used to be me.

Imagine me at 25

I have to drag myself up every morning. Lost all my spark and joy. It’s all downhill from here I guess.